Definition of Basicity

1. n. The quality or state of being a base.

Definition of Basicity

1. Noun. The condition of being basic ¹

2. Noun. (countable chemistry) The degree to which a substance is basic ¹

3. Noun. (countable chemistry) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basicity

1. the state of being alkaline [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Basicity

1. The quality or state of being a base. The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basicity

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Literary usage of Basicity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"basicity of Acids. — "When an attempt is made to arrange minerals according to their acid radicles, as indicated in the table on p. ..."

2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"That the fixed acids are principally acids having a greater atomicity than basicity, and they were originally produced as sodium salts, in which both the ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"That the fixed acids are principally acids having a greater atomicity than basicity, and they were originally produced as sodium salts, in which both the ..."

4. Lectures on the History of the Development of Chemistry Since the Time of by Albert Ladenburg (1911)
"The law of basicity, already discussed in detail, no longer finds any application ;2 monobasic acids can now give rise to conjugated compounds by ..."

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